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PAT-ENTED APR. 17,1906

'E. '0. WOODARD.

LAST: APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1905.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

EDWARD (J. WOODARD, OF ciiMPELLo, MASSACHUSETTS, Assrenoa or ONE-HALF To HORACE F. WOODARD, or CAMPELLO, MASSA- CHUSETTS.

LAST.

To'aZZ whom it may concern.-

B e 'itk'nown that I, EDWARD O.-WoDARn, a citlz'en of the United States, residing at Campello, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lasts, of which the-following is as ecification.

7 is collapsed to withdraw it from the shoe the The object of this'invention is to provide a two-part last of simple, cheap, and strong construction, the parts being pivoted one to the otherin such a manner that when the last fore part will swing under the heel part, the bottom of the-fore part thus descending below-lthe level=of the bottom of the heel part, assumin said last to be placed as ordinarily used'in s oe machine? of difierent types viz. ,with the bottom 0 the last uppermost thus ymaking it easy to withdraw the last fromv the shoe.

The obj ect of the invention is, further, to so construct said parts that the heel part shall extend along the bottom of the" last toward ing the last collapse tions assumed when said last is in use.

the toe to a substantial distance beyond the T 2 Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improveddast, partly broken away and shown in sectlon, the fore part and heel part being. in the relative F 1g. 2 is aside elevation, (partly in section, showor with the fore art moved downwardly relatively to the eel art. p Like numerals refer to like parts throughout both the views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 5 is the heel part, and 6 the fore part, of my im roved last.

7 is a standard, pre erably consisting of a cylindrical rod-rigidl fastened to the fore part6, said standard eing driven nto a hole 8,extending' through the rear portion of said fore part at an angle to the bottom thereof Specification of Letters Patent.

I Application filed September 28, 1905. I Serial No, 280,419.

I and toward the posi- Patented April 17, 1906.

heel portion of the last. The hole 8 is preferably closed by a plug 9. p The standard 7 is further fastened securely to the fore part by a pin 10, extending transversely through said standard and fore art. The standard 7 projects beyond the 'ore part 6 into a recess 11, formed in the heel part 5. Said heel art, is secured thereto by a pivotal pin 12, w 'ch extends throu' h the standard- 7 and transversely across t e heel part 5.

The standard 7 projects toward the bottom of the heel portion 5 beyond the pivotal pin 12,

and when the parts are in the positionillustrated in Fig. 1 the rear side ofsaid standard rests against the rear side 13'ofsaid recess, while the front side of said standard rests against the front side 14 of said recess between said pivot 12 and the fore part 6. The

heel part 5 is convexly curved upon its front side 15 concentric with the pivot 12, and said conveXly-curved front side projects into a correspondingly concaved recess- 16, provided 1D the rear side of said fore part. The upper front corner 17 of said standard 7 is rounded off in order that said standard may swing upon the pivot ,12 when the last is collapsed. The usual hole 18 is provided in the heel part 5 for thepin of the jack to enter It will be noted that the heel part extends along the bottom of the last toward the toe to a substantial distance beyond the ivot 12.

The operation of, my improved last is as follows: Assuming the parts to be in the po-- sition illustrated in Fig. 1that is, when the last is not collapsed and'is ready for useit by the jack upon which said,lastrests. Any

pressure applied to the last: at the instep or-' tioh will a so be taken by said pin, as sai instep portion is integral with the part 5 up to the curvedfront side 15 of said heel part. Moreover, any pressure applied downwardly u on the sole portion of t e last throughout w, en said last i's supported in a jack in the usual manner will have no effect in tipping the fore part upon the heel part, as said parts are locked together against movement y any pressure applied against the bottom of the last b' the standard or'rod 7',\the front edge of w ich rests against the front slde of the recess Hand the rear edge of which rests against the rear side of the recess 11, thus forming, together with the pivot 12, a look against displacement of the fore and heel part-s relatively to each other by any pressure exerted upon the bottom of the last.

ing beyond 551' l pivot and resting against the rear side oi said recess wherein' said heel I part is locked against rotationin one directhe last is collapsed to the position illustrated in Fig. 2, it Will be seen that the bottom part of the .7

are part drops below the bottom of the tion upon said pivot.

2. A last in'two parts, viz..a fore part and a heel part, a rodf'ast to said fore part and extending rearwardlv therefrom at an fllllfll' heel part, as at a, so that in Withdrawing the .l

last from the shoe there is no projection of the j fore part beyond the bottom of the heel )art i I t and against the inner face of the inner so e of the shoe to render the withdrawal of the last dlifiOlllll, but, on the contrary, said fore part being dropped below the heel part, the withdrawal of the fore part and of the heel partfrom the shoe becomes exceedinglveasy. Itwillbe seen and understood that when the fore part and heel part are rocked relatively to each I extending rearwardly therefromat an angle other around the pivotal pin 12 the portion 5 of the heel part which extends toward the toe beyond the pivot 12 acts as a lever against the inner sole of the shoe, thus assisting ma 1 terially in the ease of collapsing the last from the position shown in F ig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2 and rendering it easy to remove the i pivot.

last from the shoe. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire by Letters Patent to secure, is

1. A last in two arts, viz., a fore part and aheel part, a stan ard fast to said fore part 1 and prggjecting into a recess formed 1n said 5 heel paitt, a within said plivot upon said standard located eel part, said standard project- 5 toward the bottom of said last and into a recess formed in said heel part, a pivot extending transversely through said rod and into said heel part, said rod extending beyond said pivot at an angle toward the heel of said last and resting against the rear side of said recess at the rear side of said pivot and against the front side of said recess'in front of said In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD C. \YOOlLili l).

Witnesses:

Anna L. Bowsux, ISFREI) E, BRYANT. 

